Charging problems

[John mac]

My mg will not charge at home with the 3 pin plug even through its wired through a cooker socket which mg advise but it will charge from other people's socket I have pv panels on my roof and a battery pack installed I was wondering if that is affecting my home charging anybody else had this problem

 

[Alb]

Have you checked that the cooker socket is live? Also, are you using an extension lead?

 

[John mac]

Hi yes I've had an outdoor socket fitted through the cooker socket and this is live when I plug the 3 pin socket into it the charger connects to the car then stops charging after about a minute

 

[Jomarkh]

Hi yes I've had an outdoor socket fitted through the cooker socket and this is live when I plug the 3 pin socket into it the charger connects to the car then stops charging after about a minute

The grany EVSE could be sensing an earth leakage and shutting down. Better get an EVSE electrical engineer out to check it is correctly fed and protected.

 

[John mac]

Hi thank you for that I'll get that checked out

 

[Gadget Geek]

The grany EVSE could be sensing an earth leakage and shutting down. Better get an EVSE electrical engineer out to check it is correct fed and protected.

Yep, it looks like that big box with the lights on between the plugs is doing it's job.

 

[RobinH]

Have you checked the car has not got scheduled charging set? Connecting then disconnecting a minute later sounds like what mine does when I plug it in, but I have set to charge overnight.

 

[John mac]

How do you check if it has scheduled charging

 

[Coulomb]

I don't have a Mark 2 with scheduled charging. Maybe the video in this post will get you close:

Setting target battery level issue

Whenever I try to set the target battery level both in the car's infotainment screen or on the iSmart app, it seems to be jump back to 100% and due to this I am never able to charge upto only say 80%. I have to either use Ohme's charging app to limit my charging(They do not have integration with...

www.mgevs.com

 

[John mac]

OK thank you for that